Trump Threat Puts Focus on Iran’s Trading Partners

The biggest advantage Beijing draws from that trade relationship is geopolitical, said Andrea Ghiselli, a political scientist who specializes in China at the University of Exeter in England. Beijing has some interest in preserving the Iranian regime as a thorn in the side of the United States, he said.
Dr. Ghiselli described the share of oil that China imports from Iran as marginal, and said that “it can easily be swapped out” for other sources on the global market.

ChinaMed Head of Research Andrea Ghiselli was quoted by New York Times correspondent Leo Sands in his article discussing Trump's threat to economically punish countries which continue to do business with Iran.

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